Numbers game: Students put skills to test in Math Olympiad

Published: Thursday, April 4 2013 2:59 p.m. MDT

Westland Elementary student Jacob Everett waits to hear if his team got an answer correct at the Math Olympiad at Daybreak Elementary School in South Jordan on Thursday, April 4, 2013. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)

SOUTH JORDAN — Students crunched numbers and put their math skills to the test at Daybreak Elementary School on Thursday.

The students solved complicated math problems in groups and individually, trying to outscore other elementary students across the country as part of the Math Olympiad

About 100 students participated from public, private and charter schools from around the region.